Hair troubles - request for suggestions

[mizarchivist]

It's 3pm on the Tuesday before Thanksgiving. My mini vacation starts in 1 hour and 45 minutes. FYI.

So, here's the trouble. I keep getting tension headaches from my hair elastics and clippy thingies. My hair is somewhat heavy, retains moisture for most of the day when up (in other words every day) and getting surprisingly long. At least by my standards.

I have to wonder if my hair management applications are just not sturdy enough. My default clip is this shaped. The one that is less useful because it's a bit to claw-like- (approximate representation). I'm thinking I need to reinvest in some scrunchies.

... rest of this was deleted 3-4 times because while I would like suggestions, I don't want to fire up the long hair/short hair debate, which would have been inevitable. I know who stands on which side of that line already.

Comments

[caulay.livejournal.com]

Have you considered a secondary clip, something on the top of your head to hold the shorter hair?

I know I'm getting close to the point of doing that.